A woman arrested for passing a bad check got rid of the evidence the old-fashioned way: She ate it.

Iyeshua Dunnington, 34, of Ellenwood, Ga., was picked up by cops in a Fayetteville Best Buy store on July 14 for allegedly trying to buy a $4,000 plasma TV (search) with a bogus check, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

On the way to jail in the back seat of a police cruiser, Dunnington, described by police Lt. Beverly Trainor as a "very tiny woman," slipped out of her handcuffs.

She then reached into the front seat and grabbed the check, along with a phony ID she'd allegedly used, and began ingesting the evidence.

"The officer stopped the car when he realized what was going on, and he found several very small pieces [of the check] in the backseat," Trainor told the newspaper.

The driver also found the ID card folded up "to get rid of somehow."

Unfortunately for Dunnington, the officer had made a copy of the check before leaving the store.

MADISON, Maine (AP) — A Madison man who was struck by lightning last week says he feels "lighter and 100 years younger" than he did before the accident.

"I'm feeling like my body is light. It's the best I've probably felt as far as energy in 10 years," said John Corson, 56, the day after he was struck by lightning while working outside his home.

Corson thought the afternoon thunder-and-lightning storm had passed his home, and had gone outside to work on a renovation project when the lightning hit him.

"It was like a whitish-blue, but it was so bright," Corson said. "I actually heard the snap, but I was paralyzed. It was like my whole body was just vibrating. It was like, a hell of a sensation. It was like chest pain, with someone's hand on my chest."

The lightning left redness around his shoulders, he said. The bolt went through his body and tripped three breakers in the garage.

"My knees buckled. I was able to straighten out," he said. "Then I was dumbfounded. Just dumbfounded."

Corson, who has had three cardiac surgeries, spent eight hours at Redington-Fairview General Hospital (search) after the accident while doctors tested his blood for any effect on his heart.

He thanked both AMS Ambulance and the staff at Redington-Fairview for their outstanding professionalism.

Corson said he thought people who are hit by lightning die, and he now believes in guardian angels.

In fact, according to the National Weather Service (search), most lightning-strike victims survive, although they often report a variety of long-term debilitating symptoms.

An average of 67 people in the United States are killed each year by lightning. In 2003, there were 44 such deaths.

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Claiming some hotel workers are being urged by guests to do more than turn down the bedcovers, a Norwegian union wants X-rated pay-per-view programming turned off for good.

The Norwegian Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union (search), which represents most of Norway's 10,000 workers in the industry, says many of its female members have complained they're being propositioned by amorous guests aroused by what they order on television in their hotel rooms.

"Porn must be removed from pay TV because of our members, who regularly work alone, are being harassed," union leader Elin Jjunggren told state radio P4 on Monday.

Though no incidents of assault or rape have been reported, Jjunggren said many of the hotel workers — often immigrants from the Middle East — feared for their safety.

Norwegian law forbids hardcore pornography on video, in theaters and on broadcast television, but it can be shown legally on pay-per-view television.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood residents and businesspeople tired of being in the silly-string crossfire every Halloween have asked the city to ban the colorful streams of compressed foam.

Councilman Tom LaBonge, whose district includes part of Hollywood, initially sought a complete ban but later opted to focus on Halloween, when residents complain the streets get jammed with silly-string slingers.

LaBonge said the non-biodegradable foam can fall into storm drains and harm marine life, and also can endanger police, particularly those on horseback.

On Friday, without debate, a Los Angeles City Council committee asked the city attorney's office to prepare an ordinance that eventually will be put to a vote before the council.

Several other communities, including Santa Clarita, Calif., and New Orleans, have restrictions against the use of silly string (search).